Remove TPM (Trusted Platform Module) from a Virtual Machine

In this short post I will show you how to remove TPM (Trusted Platform Module) from a virtual machine. If you have encrypted a virtual machine and enabled Trusted Platform Module on it, you can remove it easily.

In my previous post, I showed you how to enable TPM on a virtual machine. Enabling TPM on a VM requires you to encrypt the virtual machine first and then enable the TPM module.

However while removing the Trusted Platform Module on a virtual machine, you don’t need to decrypt the VM. You can remove the trusted platform module while the VM is in encrypted state.

The below steps are performed on virtual machine created using VMware workstation pro 15.5. Also note that you can add or remove TPM device on an encrypted virtual machine with a minimum hardware version of 14 that uses the UEFI firmware type.

Before removing TPM, you can check the TPM status and version on the VM. Login to OS and type TPM.msc in the run command and press enter. This opens the TPM management on local computer. Under Status it shows TPM is ready for use. For TPM version, look for the details under TPM Manufacturer Information.

Hi, I am Prajwal Desai. For last few years I have been working on multiple technologies such as SCCM / Configuration Manager, Intune, Azure, Security etc. I created this site so that I can share valuable information with everyone.